List of Famous people born in Île-de-France, France
Fabrice Abriel
Fabrice Abriel is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Paris Saint-Germain, Servette, Amiens, Guingamp, Lorient, Marseille, Nice, and Valenciennes.
Fababy
Fabrice Ayékoué, better known by his stage name Fababy, is a French rapper, singer and songwriter.
Prince Dimitri Karađorđević
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, also known as Dimitri Karageorgevich or Dimitrije Karađorđević, is a gemologist and member of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. He founded the jewelry firm bearing his name, Prince Dimitri Company, and continues to serve as its president and creative director. He was formerly senior vice president of the jewelry department of the Sotheby's auction house. He was named to the International Best Dressed List's Hall of Fame in 1994.
Paul Arzens
Paul Arzens (1903–1990) was a French industrial designer of railway locomotives and motor cars.
Jean-Pascal Barraque
Jean-Pascal Barraque is a French rugby union player. He plays for Clermont. He is a utility back. His usual position is fly-half, although he can play as a centre or fullback.
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Maximilien de Béthune, 1st Duke of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and counselor of King Henry IV of France. Historians emphasize Sully's role in building a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques. While not all of his policies were original, he used them well to revitalize France after the European Religious Wars. Most, however, were repealed by later monarchs who preferred absolute power. Historians have also studied his Neostoicism and his ideas about virtue, prudence, and discipline.
Pauline Viardot
Pauline Viardot was a leading nineteenth-century French mezzo-soprano, pedagogue, and composer of Spanish descent.
Guy Hocquenghem
Guy Hocquenghem was a French writer, philosopher, and queer theorist.
François-Henri Clicquot
François-Henri Clicquot was a French organ builder and was the grandson of Robert Clicquot and son of Louis-Alexandre Cliquot, who were also noted organ builders. The Clicquot firm installed the first noteworthy organ in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Though extensively rebuilt and expanded in the nineteenth century by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, some of the original Clicquot pipework was reused, notably in the pedal division of that instrument, where it continues to be heard today. Upon the death of Louis-Alexandre, François-Henri inherited his father's workshop.
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
Prince Louis of Orleans, Duke of Nemours was the second son of King Louis-Philippe I of France, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.